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Re: VGA cable adaptor for old Mac...?



On Sat, 9 May 2009, limtc wrote:

Any idea for a PowerMac 7200? Does this one need a dip switch for
resolution switching?

Keep in mind that the adaptors are just the two needed connectors,
and a set of switches.  There is nothing to prevent someone from wiring
up two connectors properly, and then wiring the needed pins to a fixed
format.  The switches just make it easier.  Old books would have
the information about the adapters, and I would assume a websearch
would turn it up too.

  Michael

On 5月10日, 上午8时34分, demp...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

Some really old Macs only support fixed sizes, so you'd need the adapter
with DIP switches if you were using a late 1980s or early 1990s era Mac.
I seem to recall that the original Mac LC (1990) falls into this camp. A
more modern Mac like a Quadra or PowerMac should be fine with multiscan,
and I'd expect the unswitched adapter to work.

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David Empson
demp...@actrix.gen.nz